John augspurger



@q1-inn; gratta gereift @fitta JOHN AuGsIPURGnR, or TRENTON, OHIO.

'Leners Parent-No. 79,624, dans Juzg,l '41, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT 1N "ronrasnnrsucss TCFALL WHOM IT MA'YCQNCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN Andermans, of Trenton, in Butler county, in theStatc of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full' and exaetdescription thereof; reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referl ence marked thereon. d

`\ The drawing'represents fourpanels of my improved fence, connected together.

The object of my present invention is the construction of a reversible portable board fence infsuch a manner as to adapt it to be successfully usedupon undulating ground or upon side-hills, as will be herein fully set forth.

The panels I II III IV may be marde with two posts, a b, and five boards, c, and the latter may be placed at equal distances apart'. The 'panels designed to be used upon level ground are strengthened by the cleats d, -which are nailed to the'several boards of the panel. But the panels best adapted to bc used upon inclinations' and' undulations are represented at I and II, which are made with. two cleats, ef, secured to the opposite sides of the lower-'board C; and these cleats are connected by a screw-holt and nut, g and the five boards, c,"are

. lecured'to the posts a b, by means of pivot-nails or screwswhich will admit of the boards4 turning upwards or downwards, in relation tothe posts to which they are so pivoted. j i

The screw-bolt which connects the cleats ef,which are upon the opposite vsides of the boards c, passes between the two uppermost boards, as V'represented in the drawing. .As the ends of all the boards cof the .panel are, free te move upon their pivot-nails, which connect them with the posts a b, the entire panel may be adjusted ffrom a rectangular form to that of a rhomboid, as shown-in the'drawings I and. II, and the degree of the angles madeby thus adjusting the panels Indy bevaried to accommodate the undulation or inciination of the ground iipon `Ihichthe fence' is to be erected. i

When the adjustment above described is to be made, the nut g will be loosened for the purpose, and afterwards the nut g will again be tightened, which will cause the cleats ef to clamp the boards c, and rmly fasten the panelin the position to which it isfadju'sted.

The panels may be secured together Ato form a fence, b v means of hooks and .eyes,orv staples,yand the posts b are made to extend above the upper board of the fence,and the post a extendsl below the lower board, as represented at I in the drawing. And these projecting ends of the posts may bc provided with blocksz', t0 serve as an anchor, to be slightly embedded in the earth, and thereby more rmly secpre the fence/in its position upon the grou-nd. d

By providing the projecting posts b at one end of each panel, the entire fence may be reversed `to rest,y upon the projections of posts b, when the' ends of posts a which rest upon the grou'ndh'ave become decayed from long use. if.'

'The devices used to prevent the panels from being detached from each other, which are marked O, are described in my patents numbered 63,829 and 63,825, and need not to be described herein. v

From ,the foregoing description, it will be understood that my improved fencey is capable of being used upon lands of irregular` surface, as the adjustment of the panels I and II may he made to any desired extent necessary to conform the structure to various'declivities or undulations.

To accommodate the fence to slight liindulations, I propose to'use screw eye-bolts, as indicated at :v a', as these may bescrewed into or throughMthe posts, so as to givea greater or less space between the posts, at l either the top or bottom of the fence.

It is obvious that the screw-bolt and nut g may be dispensed with, and any mechanical equivalent, toA cause the cleats ef to clamp and hold the panel firmly in its adjusted position, could be substituted.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The clamping-cleats ef, screw-bolt and nut g, in combination with the adjustable panels I or II, constructed and used in the manner andfor the purpose substantially as described. a

,In testimony whereof, Lhasa hereunto set my hand, this Sth day of February, 1868.

- i JOHN AUGSP'URGER.

Witnesses: l H. I. K. Pack, B. B. Bnnmrz. 

